How can I find my MPLAB® XC Compiler Activation key?

If the license is activated on one of your machines, you can follow any of these three methods to look up your activation key:

a

Open MPLAB® X IDE and go to Tools>Licenses>License Status.
This will open a dialog which contains the activation key details.

b

Executing this command from your machine’s command prompt will show the activation key:
xclm -status

If you encounter an error such as “xclm is not recognized as a command”, it indicates that the xclm is not in your machine’s environment path. You may add it to your path manually or follow these steps:

1. Change to the bin folder of the compiler installation directory.
E.g., for XC8 v1.45: pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\xc8\v1.45\bin"

2. Execute the command: xclm -status

c

You can also look up the Activation Key under the mySoftware account where the compiler is registered. Login through the MPLAB X IDE, or on the microchip.com website at: http://www.microchip.com/mysoftware.

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